Do not cling to the standard
Sitting on a bench alongside her husband Lionel (Stéphane Fenocchi), Pascaline (Isabelle Defossé) tries to reassure him: “He has a view of the park […]. See the positive: it will be treated in an adapted space … “ Their son, Jacob (Lucas Monton), in the twenties, has just been admitted to a nursing home. Fan of Céline Dion since he was 5 years old, Jacob has only lived through his idol, to the point of taking himself for the singer, with the hair, the Quebec accent, the wardrobe … and being called Céline. There is indeed a psychiatrist (Marie-Paule Kumps) who follows him, but his parents feel completely misunderstood, distraught and lost. “”We have the right to say that our son is Dingo! “explodes Lionel.
The doctor, however, has good news: Jacob made a friend, Philippe (Antoine Guillaume). “With Philippe, Céline feels appreciated as she is”she notes. None of these two patients are climbed, in fact, of the norm, and they accept in their singularity, without asking a question: Jacob is Céline and Philippe, who is white of skin, identifies themselves as a black man.
Once again, we revel in the striking, cynical and terribly contemporary pen of Yasmina Reza, who cultivates this gift to catch everyday life, bring up the vulnerability and the little cowardice of its protagonists and throw, all in intelligence and subtlety, salt on the wounds of our society: identity, norm, feminism, transmission, etc. Directed with great accuracy, the five high -flying performers are going perfectly in their respective character. Revelation of this cast, Lucas Monton is a touching and sensitive Céline Dion, totally inhabited by her passion and disconnected from the dismay of her parents. Antoine Guillaume is impeccable as a patient and reserved and temperate friend. Marie-Paule Kummps excels in passionately disproportionate psychiatrist in front of the couple Isabelle Defossé-Stéphane Fenocchi, taken in pincers between their love for their son and their misunderstanding from whom he chose to become.
→ Brussels, the public, 1:25 am, until June 22. Info and res. at 02.724.24.44 and on www.theatrelepublic.be
